Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Jeb Hensarling
Jeb Hensarling was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6746 Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act of 2018Sep 7, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 10 Financial CHOICE Act of 2017Jul 13, 2017 · Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-108.
- H.Res. 126 Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Financial Services in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress.Feb 14, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 5983 Financial CHOICE Act of 2016Dec 20, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.
- H.Res. 98 Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Financial Services in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.Feb 10, 2015 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5872 (112th) Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 3505 (109th) Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005Passed a chamber
- H.R. 836 (112th) Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 1 (112th) Electing officers of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 155 (112th) Electing a Member to a standing committee of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 168 (112th) Electing certain Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 202 (112th) Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 263 (112th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hensarling has won
Rep. Hensarling has won 8 U.S. House elections (2002–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 17.9 to 70.7 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Texas’s 5th district done while Rep. Hensarling served?
2012 to 2018 in TX-5: typical household income was up 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 7.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.4 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Texas’s 5th district during Hensarling’s time representing it (2003 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. TX-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.